Bridget Staff Masango

Bridget Staff Masango (born 23 February 1962) is a South African Democratic Alliance politician from Gauteng who has been a Member of the National Assembly since October 2015. Within the DA's Shadow Cabinet, she served as Shadow Minister of Social Development from October 2015 until June 2024. From May 2014 to October 2015, Masango served as a permanent delegate to the National Council of Provinces.

Background Masango was born in Kwambonambi in the north of the former Natal Province (now KwaZulu-Natal). She is the sixth of nine children. She soon moved to the Transvaal Province, where her father found employment as a security guard. She resigned from the NCOP on 5 October.

Committee assignments Select Committee on Education and Recreation Select Committee on Social Services

On 15 February 2017, she delivered her maiden speech at the annual State of the Nation Address debate. In June 2020, Masango called on president Cyril Ramaphosa to remove Lindiwe Zulu as Minister of Social Development.

In December 2020, Masango was re-appointed to her shadow cabinet role by the newly elected DA leader, John Steenhuisen.

Masango was re-elected to the National Assembly in the 2024 general election. Thereafter, she was elected to chair the Portfolio Committee on Social Development. Committee assignment Portfolio Committee on Social Development